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`VEHICLE HEADLIGHT
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`.Fi1ed March 21. 1924
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`Patented Jan. 27, 1.925.
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`UNITED STATESFPATENT OFFICE.
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`SAMUEL J. MCVEY AND KENNETH B. EATON,
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`013‘ BF.-LLEVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA.
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`VEHICLE I-IEA.DLIGrHT.
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`Application filed It/larch 21, 1924.
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`Serial No. "/00,836.
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`To all whom it may concern .'
`Be it known that we, SAMUEL J. MCVEY
`and KENNETH B. EATON, citizens of the
`lUnited States, residing at Belleville, in the
`county of Wood and State of ‘West Virginia,
`have invented certain new and useful Im-
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`provements in a ‘Vehicle Headlight, of which
`the following is a. specification.
`This invention relates to new and useful
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`improvements in a vehicle headlight con-
`struction and has for its principal object to
`provide a device wherein t-he lights will au-
`tomatically turn with the turning of the
`front wheels of a vehicle so that the rays of
`light are thrown in front of the vehicle at
`all
`times, when going around corners or
`curves as well as when going straight ahead.
`A further object of the invention is to
`provide a headlight construction of
`the
`above mentioned character, which is adapt-
`ed to be actuated by the steering rod of the
`vehicle, the construction of the device being
`such as to provide the easy and eflicient op-
`eration of the turning of the lights simult-a-
`neously with the turning of the front wheels.
`Another important object of the inven-
`tion is to provide a headlight construction
`of the above mentioned character, wherein
`the lamp casing is rigidly supported on the
`front of the vehicle, and the reflector and
`lamp mounted therein are adapted to ro-
`tate therein when the front wheels of the
`vehicle are turned.
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`A still further object of the invention is
`to provide ‘a device of the above—mentioned
`character, which is simple in construction,
`inexpensive, strong and durable and fur-
`thermore adapted for the purposes for which
`it is designated.
`Other objects and advantages of this in-
`vention will become apparent during the
`course of the following description.
`In the accompanying. drawings forming
`a part of this specification, and in which like
`numerals designate like parts throughout
`the same,
`Figure 1 is a top plan view of my device
`showing the same attached to the radiator
`supporting beam of an automobile,
`Figure 2 is a front elevation of the device
`with parts in section, and
`Figure 3 is a side elevation with parts in
`section.
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`In the drawing wherein for the purpose
`of illustration is shown the preferred em-
`bodiment of our invention, the numeral 1
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`designates the usual cross beam which ex-
`tends transversely across the forward end
`of the chassis frame in the well known man-
`ner and it is not thought any further detail
`description of the same is necessary for the
`purposes of carrying out the objects of the
`present
`invention. Extending outwardly
`fsom the respective ends of the cross beam 1
`and secured thereto in any suitable manner
`are the supporting brackets 2. The outer
`ends of the supporting brackets are pro-
`vided with the upstanding portions or stand-
`ards 3 and the uppermost ends of the up-
`standing portions 3 are provided with the
`extensions 4 for supporting thereon and
`holding the same in a rigid position the
`headlight casings 5.
`Similar brackets 6 are also supported on
`the outer ends of the cross beam 1 and the
`outed ends of the brackets 6 are provided
`with the depending portions 7 in the man-
`ners clearly shown in Figures 2 and 3 of the
`drawing. Tlie depending portions 7 pro-
`vide a means for supporting thereon auxil-
`iary U—shaped brackets 8 the same being
`secured to the depending portions 7 in any
`suitable manner and preferably arranged so
`as to extend rearwardly.
`The auxiliary brackets 8 are provided
`with laterally disposed portions 9 and 10
`respectively, and the same are provided
`with registering apertures or openings
`through which extend the vertical shafts
`11. The upper ends of the shafts 11 extend
`through suitable openings provided in the
`bottom of the casings 5 and are adapted to
`support thereon the reflector 12 in the man-
`ners clearly shown in Figure 3 of the draw-
`ing. The reflector 12 furthermore supports
`the lamp 13 and the reflector and lamp are
`adapted for rotary movement within the
`casing 5 in the manner hereinafter more
`fully described. As is also shown in Figure
`3 of the drawing, the front of the casing 5
`is provided with the lens 14..
`The lower ends of the shafts 11 extend
`through the lateral extensions 9 and 10 pro-
`vided on the bracket 8 and for the purpose
`of preventing the vertical movement of the
`shaft in the brackets 8 we provide the col-
`lars 15 and 16 respectively. The collar 15
`preventing the downward movement of the
`shaft of each of the shafts while collar 16
`limits the upward movement of each of the
`shafts. The lowermost portions of
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`shafts have the links 17 secured at one of
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`the links extend rear-
`their ends thereto,
`wardly and have their rear ends connected
`tomthye transversely extending rod 18 where-
`by the shafts 11 will be connected together
`and will be adapted to be operated si1nul—
`taneously in the manner to be presently de-
`scribed. The transversely extending rod 18
`is further connected to the steering rod 19
`ofthe vehicle by means of a connecting rod
`20; Any suitable connection may be pro-
`att_h_e‘_ ends of the conne-ction rod 20
`for connecting the same to the transverse
`1'j'_Qd'steering-_1‘od 19 respectively and
`we donot‘ wishjto limit ourselves to the par-
`ticujlar in'ani"ier in which the same is secured.
`The ‘operation of our devioeémay be brief-
`lypstated. as follows: Normally the reflec—
`tors‘ and‘ lamps mountedin the casing are
`in line’with the front wheels of the vehicle
`when. “the” vehicle is pursuing a. straight
`,.c,",our'se.
`l/Vlien the vehicle turns a corner or
`a'eu"rve‘ inthe road, the simultaneously turn-
`ing of‘ the wheels will cause a simultaneous
`rota'5tion‘of' the shafts 11 and the reflectors
`bandlainps 13 carried bythe -u‘pper.e‘nds
`thereof‘ so that the rays ofvlight from the
`1‘a"m'p“s» 13 will be directed in front of the
`a vehicle inline with the wheels, thus illum-
`theroad directly in front of the
`vehicle r‘e‘g'a.rdless. of
`the position of the
`’ front wheels thereof.
`.Wl1i1e—' we have shown and described a
`~-headlight construction whereinthe reflec-
`t'o'rs_j,an'd_ lamps associated therewith are
`adapted to rotate in stationary casings, the
`reverse constructionl may also be made
`wherein the reflectors may be stationary
`and the casings adapted to rotate.
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`’ Aifheadlight construction of the above
`mentioned character, will not only be sim-
`ple in construction but will be strong and
`durable and will not in any way interfere
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`with the operation of the steering gear of
`the vehicle.
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`A While we have shown the preferred em-
`bodiments of our invention, it is to be un-
`derstoodtlrat various changes in the size,
`shape and arrangement of parts may be re-
`sorted to without departing from the spirit
`of the invention and the scope of the ap- -
`pended claim.
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`Having thus described our
`what‘ we claim is :——
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`In a vehicle headlight structure of the
`class described, an attacliiiig bracket adapt-
`ed tobe mounted upon one end of the front
`cross bar of the vehicle chassis frame, said
`bracket to extend beyond said bar‘, the ex-
`tended portion being equipped with a de-
`pending portion, a substantially. U-shaped
`bearing meinber attached to the rear side
`of said depending-portion, the arms of said
`member being provided with vertically
`aligned guide openings, a standard rising
`vertically from said bracket,-a headlight cas-
`ing rigidly mounted upon the upper end of
`said standard, said casing being
`rovided
`in its bottom with an opening in a ignment
`with the aforesaid guide openings, a light re-
`flector disposed for movement in said cas-
`ing, a shaft extending rotatably through
`said casing opening and
`aide opening in
`said bearing member, sai
`shaft being se-
`cured at its upper end. tosaid reflector, stop
`collars attached to said shaft at points for
`rotatably contacting the arms of said U-
`shaped member, and a lateral crank arm
`connected to the lower end of said rotary
`shaft.
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`In testimony whereof we aflix our signa-
`tures.
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`SAMUEL J. Movnr.
`KENNETH B. EATON.
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